Season 11 (1973-1974)

Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part One

Last Updated 06 May 2013 by Chuck Foster

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Part One

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 360

First Broadcast: Sat 12 Jan 1974 - 05:30:21pm
Running Time: 25 minutes 29 seconds

Appreciation Index: 62

Chart Position: 24
Recorded on Mon 15 Oct 1973 in TC6
Archive State: 16mm

The Doctor and Sarah return to a deserted London. Where have the population gone, and why is the city under martial law.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Mike Yates		Richard Franklin
Sergeant Benton		John Levene
Lieutenant Shears		Ben Aris
General Finch		John Bennett
Private Ogden		George Bryson
R/T Soldier		John Caesar
Sergeant Duffy		Dave Carter
Lodge		Trevor Lawrence
Phillips		Gordon Reid
Corporal Norton		Martin Taylor
Warehouse Looter		Terry Walsh

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Malcolm Hulke
Director		Paddy Russell
Producer		Barry Letts
Visual Effects Designer		Clifford Culley
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Production Assistant		George Gallaccio
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Costume Designer		Barbara Kidd
Make-up		Jean McMillan
Designer		Richard Morris
Film Cameraman		Keith Hopper
Studio Lighting		Alan Horne
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Film Editor		Bob Rymer
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Studio Sound		Trevor Webster
Assistant Floor Manager		John Wilcox

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